JoJoB3 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Good lord I want to play/record 80% of these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJoB3 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Good lord, I want to play/record 90% of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rScBRKlTdoE/TDqYrD_EBpI/AAAAAAABQao/bZDseeFay3U/s400/!B)rJoiQB2k~%24(KGrHqQOKjgEwQsft6D1BMOh4u(hU!~~_12.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 hey, thanks matestubb for clearing up the matter of Zappa's E-mu synth. moving on... http://boingboing.net/2012/06/27/synth.html?utm_content=buffer8f4f4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Quote http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 http://120years.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/novachord-front.png http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/nova/photos/genpaint1.jpg Quote Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Wade Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 The EML Synkey, the first programmable synthesizer, and it had second-touch. All you had to do to program it was, whip out one of your blank punch cards and punch out a rectangular hole in the appropriate location on the punch card, and the punch tool was included. Then just insert the punch card into the Synkey and viola your program was there. Also it was monophonic / polyphonic (sort of) You could only play one note at a time, but that one note could play a base tone plus up to 12 additional preprogrammed semitones. (It had a button for each semitone) I had one when they first came out in the seventies. It was pretty cool at the time, but evidentially not many were ever made. [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorayM Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 http://dt7v1i9vyp3mf.cloudfront.net/styles/news_large/s3/imagelibrary/d/davo1header.jpg Quote North Haverbrook - Godsticks - SoundCloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadslayer Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Then just insert the punch card into the Synkey and viola your program was there. Seems a shame they limited it to only viola ... -sorry Quote Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Wade Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Then just insert the punch card into the Synkey and viola your program was there. Seems a shame they limited it to only viola ... -sorry Oops,.....voil'a. (dyslexia sucks) Actually I'm glad you pointed that out, or I would have just kept writing it that way. (The bad part is I proofread my post three times before posting, and it looked fine to me each time.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 The EML Synkey, the first programmable synthesizer, and it had second-touch. ... not many were ever made. Reason for that was unlucky design choice and timing. RAM memory was still expensive in the initial design stage so they elected for the punchcard reader. When it was released, RAM turned the corner and became more affordable rendering punchcards obsolete. Unfortunately any RAM retrofit was not cost effective and the lack of demand sank the SynKey along with EML. The only artist I know who used one was Herbie Hancock. And maybe Stevie Wonder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindaru Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Slightly O.T. response but I recall right out of high school applying for jobs that worked with punch cards. Then I found out that for each one you mess up, they deduct $1 out of your pay check. Since minimum wage in 1975 was $1.60, I decided not to risk it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Wade Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Slightly O.T. response but I recall right out of high school applying for jobs that worked with punch cards. Then I found out that for each one you mess up, they deduct $1 out of your pay check. Since minimum wage in 1975 was $1.60, I decided not to risk it. Man, I would have ended up owing them money. I squirreled up a few of my Synkey punch cards trying to program what I wanted, and it only came with 25 blanks. All you had to do was miss the correct spot a little bit, and it may or may not work correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzpiano88 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Casio VL-Tone. Played with it in college with my Rhodes Suitcase-73. Learned to cover all of Rush's Moving Pictures with it back around 1984 while saving up for the Juno 106. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/120/313908025_bc767d8dca.jpg Quote J a z z P i a n o 8 8 -- Yamaha C7D Montage M8x | CP300 | CP4 | SK1-73 | OB6 | Seven K8.2 | 3300 | CPSv.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Wade Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Casio VL-Tone. Played with it in college with my Rhodes Suitcase-73. Learned to cover all of Rush's Moving Pictures with it back around 1984 while saving up for the Juno 106. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/120/313908025_bc767d8dca.jpg Are we those keys actually just buttons? If they are, hats off to you for being able to play Rush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 And then there's this unusual beast from Elka... looks like a combination of a CS-80, Neko, and an accordion. Maybe a place for punch cards as well. http://www.combo-organ.com/Elka/Concorde9021a.jpg Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Hoffnung Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 And finally the monster. http://www.yakingcat.com/yaking/graphics/Synclav9600TS.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bachus Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 http://www.sequencer.de/pix/yamaha/vl70m.jpg VL70M withthe WX5 controller It made me beleive that the synths of the future would step away from Keyboards for different controllers.. Quote Korg Kronos 88, Yamaha Tyros5 (76), Integra 7, macbook pro/mainstage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Resurrecting one of my favorite threads. Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Resurrecting one of my favorite threads. Well, it has been a pretty tall order to top Markyboard's post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarkus Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 The Yamaha EX-1 [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarkus Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Korg PS 3200 [video:youtube] I believe Emerson used this on Honky and Love Beach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarkus Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 The Crumar Stratus. A friend of mine had one of these. It worked for about a month until he decided to gig with it. It crapped-out. Ws prone to short-circuiting [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarkus Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Buchla Lightning (note the "rat-tail" sported by the performer ) [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Resurrecting one of my favorite threads. Well, it has been a pretty tall order to top Markyboard's post! I was looking for an electronics box enclosure this morning. Guess I found a nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Bird Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PZgCxn1SFP8/TOxxAyLImoI/AAAAAAAAAP8/hyAMu9N70as/s1600/CRW_1547.jpg Like an organ mixed with a CS-80 and GX-1. Not that rare either. Quote Yamaha MX49, Casio SK1/WK-7600, Korg Minilogue, Alesis SR-16, Casio CT-X3000, FL Studio, many VSTs, percussion, woodwinds, strings, and sound effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Oversize photo alert. Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanFor Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Concerning Yamaha VP1: Not true, there's probably 10 to 20 pieces, most of them are in Japan. I'm maybe the only musician who has recorded double CD "VP1 Impressions" in 1997 at Yamaha Europe in Hamburg, Germany, on one of three pieces which were in Europe. I could buy it for good price but still too expensive for me. So that one was bought by Austrian colleague, later he sold it to one German doctor who still has it in his collection. There are threads about it in some other discussion forums. You can hear some of my improvisations on my page www.soundclick.com/forrotronics And thanks to my cooperation with Yamaha as a Product Specialist, Demonstrator and Clinician I'm one of the first musicians who started to use VL1. Still I have two pieces, plus two VL1m, and more VL engines in other instruments. That's a pity Yamaha abandoned this way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 http://dt7v1i9vyp3mf.cloudfront.net/styles/news_large/s3/imagelibrary/d/davo1header.jpg Ha, this was the very 1st "synth" I played as a teenager when my main instrument was a VOX combo organ. It was disappointing ´cause I had too high expectations I guess. To me, it felt more like another, different combo organ than a synth ... A.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Korg PS 3200 [video:youtube] I believe Emerson used this on Honky and Love Beach for free in software A.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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